History Of Meningitis!

The first recorded major outbreak happened in Geneva, Switzerland in 1805, a year later in 1806 two doctors Elias Mann and Lothario made the first report of Meningitis in the United States. In 1840 the first report of a Meningitis epidemic occurred in Africa. Also in sub-Saharan Africa from Senegal to Ethiopia had the largest Meningitis outbreak in 1996 when over two hundred and fifty million cases were reported causing the death of about twenty five thousand people.